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Defending Middle-Earth: Tolkien, Myth and Modernity Paperback / softback - 2004
by Patrick Curry
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In a particularly insightful examination of the spirituality and ethics of Middle-earth in "The Lord of the Rings," Curry argues that Tolkien found a way to provide something close to Spirit in a secular age, and focuses on three main aspects of this monumental work of literature.
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- Title Defending Middle-Earth: Tolkien, Myth and Modernity
- Author Patrick Curry
- Binding Paperback / softback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition New
- Pages 198
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Mariner Books, Boston
- Date 2004-10-21
- Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
- Bookseller's Inventory # A9780618478859
- ISBN 9780618478859 / 061847885X
- Weight 0.46 lbs (0.21 kg)
- Dimensions 8.2 x 5.48 x 0.52 in (20.83 x 13.92 x 1.32 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: British
- Library of Congress subjects Middle Earth (Imaginary place), Fantasy fiction, English - History and
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004054096
- Dewey Decimal Code 823.912
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Summary
What are millions of readers all over the world getting out of reading The Lord of the Rings? Newly reissued with a new afterword, Patrick Curry's Defending Middle-earth argues, in part, that Tolkien has found a way to provide something close to spirit in a secular age. His focus is on three main aspects of Tolkien's fiction: the social and political structure of Middle-earth and how the varying cultures within it find common cause in the face of a shared threat; the nature and ecology of Middle-earth and how what we think of as the natural world joins the battle against mindless, mechanized destruction; and the spirituality and ethics of Middle-earth, for which Curry provides a particularly insightful and resonant examination that will deepen the understanding of the millions of fans who have taken The Lord of the Rings to heart.